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Therefore you are great, Yahweh God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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Grace Inspires Praise
Commentators highlight that David's declaration of God's greatness is a response to receiving unmerited favor. God's blessings flow from His own loving nature ('according to your own heart'), not from human deserving. The proper response to such grace is not self-congratulation but humble adoration, turning the focus back to God's supreme worth.
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2 Samuel
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19th Century
Anglican
All that we have heard with our ears. — Such expressions are common enough in all languages not only for that which has been commu…
Baptist
For you, LORD GOD, know your servant. For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore you are great, O Lord God In his name, nature, persons, and perfections, purposes, promises, and works:
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Presbyterian
David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as…
